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Migration is the Driving Force of Rapid Aging in Puerto Rico: A Research Brief
Population research and policy review, v 41(3), pp 801-810
30 Oct 2021
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Abstract
The combined effects of declining fertility and increased longevity have accelerated population aging in different parts of the world. Unlike other countries, Puerto Rico is also experiencing unprecedented levels of working-age out-migration. The full impact of high out-migration on Puerto Rican demography is not fully understood. Placing Puerto Rico's aging process in an international context is useful in identifying the role out-migration is having on the accelerated aging of the Puerto Rican society. Using the World Population Prospects 2019 estimates, we compared the pattern of rapid aging found for Puerto Rico with the trajectories of six other countries with the highest population of 65+ in the World, Europe, and the Caribbean from 1960 to 2020. Prior to 2010, the aging process in Puerto Rico was comparable to the other countries. After 2010, the percent of the population over 65 years in Puerto Rico nearly doubled from 13.1% to 21%. The nearly doubling of the percent of older adults is not observed in any of the comparison countries. We find that the rapid aging of Puerto Rico, changing from a linear trend to an exponential one, is a result of accelerating levels of out-migration, which is concentrated in the working-age population.
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- Title
- Migration is the Driving Force of Rapid Aging in Puerto Rico: A Research Brief
- Creators
- Amilcar Matos-Moreno - Department of Epidemiology and Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USAAlexis R. Santos-Lozada - Population Research InstituteNeil Mehta - The University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonCarlos F. Mendes de Leon - Department of Epidemiology and Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USAFelice Le-Scherban - Drexel UniversityAmelia A. De Lima Friche - Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Sch Med, Observ Urban Hlth Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
- Publication Details
- Population research and policy review, v 41(3), pp 801-810
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- R01AG060949 / National Institute of Aging; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) Global Alliance for Training in Health Equity Research (GATHER) P2CHD041025 / Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) P30AG059301-01 / Texas Resources Center on Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) Rackham Merit Fellowship Award of the University of Michigan Social Science Research Institute NIA T32-AG027708 / National Institute on Aging; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) PRI at the Pennsylvania State University 313377/2017-0 / Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPQ) Population Research Institute (PRI) at the Pennsylvania State University T37MD01425 / National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities at Drexel University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000712945100001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85118302477
- Other Identifier
- 991019169792904721
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